Oakland police officers never intentionally pointed guns at a sleeping toddler, the department said in responding to a court-appointed monitor who expressed alarm about the incident.

The city released a redacted police report on the case late Thursday after the monitor, Robert Warshaw, mentioned it in his latest quarterly report on the Police Department's progress in completing reforms related to officer conduct.

The incident happened July 13 on the 3200 block of Market Street in West Oakland, police said, when eight officers searched the home of a woman suspected of loitering in a public place with the intent to deal drugs, a misdemeanor.

Officers detained the woman outside, then detained a second woman who answered the front door. They pointed their guns at the second woman because they were in a "violent area" and because of the "elevated dangers of serving narcotic-related search warrants," Officer Jose Barocio wrote in his incident report.

Barocio said that as he and five other officers moved through the home, he noticed a child on a living-room couch. "Officers made a quick assessment and determined the (child) was asleep," he wrote, adding that he and Officer Dometrius Fowler "immediately trained our weapons away."

Police Chief Howard Jordan said Friday that officers had probable cause to search the home for guns and drugs. They "ultimately ensured that the child was united with a caregiver," he said in a statement. "At no time did officers intentionally target the child."

City officials have bumped heads before with Warshaw, whose reports put the police force on the brink of a federal takeover. Last year, City Administrator Deanna Santana complained that Warshaw had used inappropriate and abusive language with her.